Guild Wars 2

Hi all!

I have been a condition trapper for a long time with shortbow and sword + torch. It has been awesome and fun. However I would like to try something new. I tried a beastmastery build but even when the pets get harder to kill, it’s still not a reliable build for dungeons. It was fun in pve, the pets turned to be a really mean killing machine. But as long as Anet doesn’t reduce AoE damage for pets, I rather go for a different build.

The new build I’m working on is this:

Overall traits
Marksmanship 30
Skirmishing 20
Wilderness Survival 20
Nature Magic 0
Beastmastery 0

pve traited
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMMQJATRjIVB2RW2Vs2Bg1j967vmCOtkp4QGTZUngtUA;TkAqkMJJSymkLJZSrCGFsJA

dungeon / www traited
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMMQJATRjIVF2RWeWo2Bg1j96bwmCOtkp4QGTZUngtUA;TMArCGFsJA

I would like to use longbow and greatsword (tired of the same old weapons all the time)

Pets :
Stalker for group might and spider for long range.

Gear:
Helm Valkyrie
Mantle Berserker’s
Coat Valkyrie
Gloves Berserker’s
Pants Valkyrie
Shoes Berserker’s

Weapon
Berserker’s (Longbow)
Soldier (greatsword)

Trinkets
Ring 1 Beryl (Valkyrie)
Ring 2 Beryl (Valkyrie)
Earring 1 Ruby (Berserker)
Earring 2 Ruby (Berserker)
Amulet Ruby (Berserker)
Back Soldier’s Spineguard

Trinket Jewels
Slot 1 Exquisite Beryl (Valkyrie)
Slot 2 Exquisite Ruby (Berserker)
Slot 3 Exquisite Ruby (Berserker)
Slot 4 Exquisite Ruby (Berserker)
Slot 5 Exquisite Ruby (Berserker)
Slot 6 Exquisite Ruby (Berserker)

With those specifications I get:
Health 17872
Armor 2196
Power 2383
Crit % 38
Damage on Crit 2,3

Calculated with:
http://guildwars2.mmmos.com/?page=view&id=4048&title=pve-gear-calculatorefficiency-optimizer-spreadsheet-almost-all-pve-gear-included-with-some-theorycraft

What’s your thoughts? Do you run something similiar with success, or should I make changes?

I’m mostly concerned about the health. My current health is about 21000. I (almost) never die. Will it be much harder to stay alive with “only” 17872 health?
Should I have more health on the cost of less dmg?

I specially love that you can get 20 stacks of vulnerability with 1 hunters shot + marksmanship traits! It must be really awesome in dungeons?!

I’m not so sure about the 8-9 skills. I will always use QZ both in pve and dungeons /www. But not sure about the last two spots. I like SotH in pve just to get faster from A to B, but perhaps someting else would be better? Traps like fire could be handy in pve when using the GS. And SoS is nice to have in dungeons/www. Any good ideas for the last skill in dungeons/www? Evade in www maybe?

I hope you guys can give some feedbacks!

Cheers :-)

While I think this build could work very well, I prefer to invest my traits in Nature Magic for more vit . I really love the trait Nature’s Protection , it’s useful in dungeons like FoTM at higher level. But for now , I’m trying 30/30/10 wich I dislike at some part with the lack of survivability.

I stand at

Health 17916
Armor 2118
Power 2292
Crit % 43

Damage on crit.. I’m not quite sure.. 2.3 you mean 2.3X the damage on crit ?

I personally prefere the glass cannon approach with almost any class. Sadly ranger cant pull that off atm. Health isnt as important as toughness in almost every case but thats for pvp. For pve I hear glass cannon is the way to go.

My alternate build (in order to increase vitality) would be to drop the 20 points in Wilderness Survival and put them in Nature Magic instead.

I would sadly loose the 20% faster survival and GS recharge but gain:
Two-handed Training: Greatsword and spear damage is increased by 5%.
While Strength of Spirit: 5% of vitality is given as a bonus to power.

New health would be around 19800.

If you want to use a power crit build in dungeons, I suggest you to go full glasscannon. I use a glasscannon build, and it works even in Fractals lvl 20+. Also, shortbow beats longbow in power builds, but if you enjoy longbow, you can use it.

I got full zerker and slotted superior runes of the earth and took every traits that gives protection, protection on dodge, protection when your health taken for 20% in one shot, bark skin etc.. and it’s working pretty good in WvW so far.

Im using a 30/25/5/0/10 build with full zerkers. Hits hard if pet works.